Sallisaw Blues chords by John Moreland

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords Used

    G/C   G    Dsus2   D7sus2   D7     Am     Em
e|---3----3------0--------0------2------0------0--
B|---1----0------3--------1------1------1------0--
G|---0----0------2--------2------2------2------0--
D|---2----0------0--------0------0------2------2--
A|---x----x-----------------------------0------2--
E|---3----3------------------------------------2--



RIFF:
Play dirty catching adjacent strings
e|----------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------
G|----2/3---3---3---3---3---2---0-------0---0---------------
D|----------------------------------2-----------------------
A|----------------------------------------------1---0-------
E|------------------------------------------------------3---

INTRO:
RIFF - G - RIFF - G


VERSE:
G                    G/C          RIFF
Arkansas River, Sallisaw blue
G                      G/C               RIFF
This town never seen nothing like you
G/C                                        RIFF
They got silver spoons for American gods
G                                          RIFF
I wanna be stoned, thrown American rods


VERSE:
G                              G/C             RIFF
I don't own anything, you don't know shit
G                                    G/C              RIFF
With your bloodshot eyes giving my black heart fits
G/C                                            RIFF
There's a neon sign that says 'Big Bad Luv'
G                                                  RIFF
And a noose hanging down from the heavens above


CHORUS:
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7     Am
It's no use,              God bless these blues
           Em                      G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7          Am
I need you,               come on, burn right through
        Em                 G                  G    G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G                       G/C              RIFF
Down for the count, along for the ride
G                         G/C               RIFF
Sipping cold medicine, ruining our lives
G/C                                         RIFF
Slumming I-40 with American songs
G                                          RIFF
They can bury our bodies in American wrongs


CHORUS:
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7     Am
It's no use,              God bless these blues
           Em                      G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7          Am
I need you,               come on, burn right through
        Em                 G                  G    G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G/C                                            RIFF
There's a neon sign that says 'Big Bad Luv'
G                                                  RIFF
And a noose hanging down from the heavens above


CHORUS:
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7     Am
It's no use,              God bless these blues
           Em                      G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
       Dsus2   D7sus2 - D7          Am
I need you,               come on, burn right through
        Em                 G                  G    G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G/C                                         RIFF
Slumming I-40 with American songs
G                                          RIFF
They can bury our bodies in American wrongs